When you look at the win/loss columns, you won't see a big difference between us and Blazers, but the game is telling you how much better we actually are. That's what shows that we are a real PO team, that could do something there actually.

Lillard got hot because the D was, well...I'm not gonna say pathetic, but it was pretty awful. Lillard wouldn't have hit some of those lucky shots, if any, if someone played tighter D on him, and not letting him get into the rhythm, get hot.

Guybrush wrote:Lillard got hot because the D was, well...I'm not gonna say pathetic, but it was pretty awful. Lillard wouldn't have hit some of those lucky shots, if any, if someone played tighter D on him, and not letting him get into the rhythm, get hot.

He got some threes from 26-27 feet or so. Not set ones, just off the dribble. Portland was stretching the floor. If you defend him as close as you can at 26-27 feet, it's pretty much a wast ocean of space for him to drive and kick for open threes.He simply went 'jesus mode', things like that happen. Curry has done such things in his rookie year as well. I believe against the same porland team.If you get hot by shooting half fading three pointers, well, not much to counteract that.

You let him try to go inside then, where bigs will take him over. Or, you play someone taller on him, Klay for instance, and he can say goodbye to even attempt at a three like that. And it was just one fade away three.

Guybrush wrote:You let him try to go inside then, where bigs will take him over. Or, you play someone taller on him, Klay for instance, and he can say goodbye to even attempt at a three like that. And it was just one fade away three.

well, he would go inside and pull up a jumper, or if he took two non-defernsive bigs in lee-landry to himself, he will pass for an open three, that's pretty much what portland did. took every available 3 pointer.klay guarding him? are you kidding me? he can't guard quicker twos, not to mention ones. no chance.they put green on him at the end of 4th, which stopped him for one possesion. for multiple ones? i don't think it would have worked.he couldn't miss to save his life, so to say. there's no defense for unpredictability and 'jesus mode'.